Tan Oak No. 1

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033719
MRDS ID M020362
Record type Site
Current site name Tan Oak No. 1
Related records 10214916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.52862, 40.15735 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 0.5 MI. S. OF BUCKING CAMP NO. 1 DEPOSIT, ABOUT 0.8 MI. FROM ROAD, 8 MI. FROM ALDER POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alderpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003S 006E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE ESTIMATED 40 PERCENT MANGANESE.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10M
    Width 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLOCK OF FAIRLY HIGH GRADE OXIDE, 10 FT. LONG AND 5 FT. WIDE, LIES IN TALUS. LARGE SIZE SUGGESTS PRESENCE OF ORE IN PLACE NEARBY. DEPOSIT WIDENS FROM 3 FT. AT SURFACE TO 6 FT. AT DEPTH OF 4 FT., AND THEN TAPERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 338

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 203

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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